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Orphaned references in Dua Lipa

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Reference named "BPI":

  • From British Phonographic Industry: Gallup (4 February 1989). "The Top of the Pops Chart" (PDF). Record Mirror: 4. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  • From List of music recording certifications: "The BPI". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2013-11-19.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 12:58, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2017

Marin Zajmi (talk) 02:05, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

I would like to edit some grammatical mistakes that are in this wiki page

Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Sakura CarteletTalk 02:14, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
@Marin Zajmi and Sakura Cartelet: I'm not sure why but this user isn't autoconfirmed. CityOfSilver 02:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
@CityOfSilver: Strange. I just relooked at their contribs and it seems that they should have enough of them for their account to be autoconfirmed. Regardless the request doesn't seem to be worded well enough for any correction to be done. Sakura CarteletTalk 02:42, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
Ideally, they wouldn't have needed to make this (yeah, iffily worded) request in the first place. I asked User:Acroterion to grant the permission because there could have been a reason it didn't happen. CityOfSilver 02:50, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
Marking as answered since the user who made the request has been able to make the edit they wanted to. Sakura CarteletTalk 03:57, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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Primary school

Dua Lipa attended Fitzjohn's Primary School in Hampstead: Camden Journal ---- Fred User:Freduk18

Thanks ... primary schools are not normally mentioned in biographical articles. Wire723 (talk) 14:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

What about High School? Parliament Hill School in NW3? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freduk18 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2018

2A02:C7D:31B9:FE00:7811:DD99:9FE2:AEFD (talk) 16:30, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NiciVampireHeart 17:38, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Protection?

Looking through the protection log for the page, it appears as if protection should have ended 3 days ago (and a bot has already removed the protection lock). However, it appears as if edits on this article still require confirmation since the blue background is still present on the article's history log. Is this a bug or am I missing something? Hickland (talk) 01:57, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Albanian/Intro paragraph

To avoid a seemingly ongoing dispute, the most recent two members of which were @Snowycats and 46.99.76.223: to encourage a sorting out here

Nosebagbear (talk) 22:45, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Request

Something needs to be added about her spamdexing and spambot empire she's had since 2016; it's sourced to a deadlink though. --Glodxin2 (talk) 12:54, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 14:23, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2019

Change Any reference of Kosovo to Kosovo ( province of The republic of Serbia) Even though they have claimed independence, Kosovo is not recognised internationally as a country Any reference to Kosovo must be changed Also any person born or residing on Kosovo prior to the claim of independence must be classified as Serbian as Dua Lipa was born in the village of Kosovo while it was under Serbian rule Miksyd (talk) 12:11, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

​ Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. — Newslinger talk 13:46, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Please explain how to obtain a consensus Kosovo is not part of the UN, EU, INTERPOL, or any other international body, 12 recognitions of independence have been withdrawn over the last year or so, These are all facts which need to be clearly stated on every page that has any reference to Kosovo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.211.97.243 (talk) 20:01, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

To obtain consensus, please see this page. Until then, please don't use this template --DannyS712 (talk) 22:04, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
Besides, contrary to what Miksyd said, Dua was actually born in London, despite her parents being from Kosovo. snapsnap (talk) 22:17, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Bulgarian Chart

I deleted the "Bulgarian Chart" which was recently added to this page, because I was concerned about its legitimacy, but I see it's been put back. I don't doubt the good faith by the way, but my concern, which I should have made clearer, is whether this chart is in fact the "Bulgarian National Top 40" which Wikipedia:Record charts states is "a non-notable chart with dubious methodology". But I've asked for advice over at Wikipedia talk:Record charts. Pasicles (talk) 17:58, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Okay, so the basic conclusion is that the "Bulgarian National Top 40" is an unofficial chart maintained by euro200.net hosted in the Netherlands. The site contains a whole host of self-created music charts for various European countries. The main problem here is one of transparency -- there is no information known about how these charts are compiled, which is why this Bulgarian National Top 40 page was deleted back in 2008. On the other hand I'm not going to edit-war on my own over this -- life's too short -- so as a compromise, I'll let it be and add a short footnote mentioning that the chart is unofficial. Pasicles (talk) 19:06, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

why? Ana jerie (talk) 12:04, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 March 2019

change "singer and songwriter" to "singer and pop star" in opening description, as both sources [6] and [7] are cited for this information, and both sources refer to her as such, not as a songwriter. She is also widely known as a popstar. Her eponymous LP released in 2017 has no solo writing credits, but she has gained wide pop success; this page misrepresents Dua Lipa as well as misrepresents the credible sources cited. Imnotascholar (talk) 18:36, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: The Guardian specifically says "singer-songwriter Dua" and the BBC interview says "Recorded and written? About 130 songs". The article is accurately representing the sources, nothing to be done here. NiciVampireHeart 04:17, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Is she Muslim?

Dua Lipa was born to Albanian parents from Kosovo. Both these nations mostly adhere to Islam. 79.181.17.22 (talk) 14:42, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

And here, her family and hers use the (Arabic) blessing "Eid Mubarak" to her (Muslim?) fans: https://twitter.com/dualipa/status/1007606780170526720 79.181.17.22 (talk) 14:51, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
And here she is visiting a Mosque while wearing the Hijab: https://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/old-rules-dua-lipa-wears-hijab-and-conservative-clothes-inside-abu-dhabi-mosque-pictur 79.181.17.22 (talk) 14:53, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
Her parents may be Muslim and outwardly on certain things Lipa may do things associated with Islam like the use of terminology of wearing conservative clothing when visiting a mosque as a tourist, but her lifestyle is not in line with the teachings of Islam and nor has she stated is a Muslim.Resnjari (talk) 05:57, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2019

Early life: Dua Lipa was born in London (Not Westminster) as Westminster Hospital closed the year previously. Angloscott (talk) 17:52, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

I've removed Westminster as it was not in the cited sources – Þjarkur (talk) 19:54, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 September 2019

In June 2019, Hadid started dating American fashion model and TV personality Anwar Hadid. She previously dated celebrity chef and model Isaac Carew. Khalessi2008 (talk) 18:24, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. aboideautalk 18:35, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Change The Years Active to 2013

Many thought that New Love was her debut song, but in actuality the first song she ever recorded was a cover of Rihanna's Stay at just 17 years old in her SoundClouds on 28 May 2013. Yes 17 years old!

After she released it, covers of Cocoa Butter Kisses, Smoke, Drink, and Breakup, and Here premiered on the dates of 14 October 2013 6 July 2014 and 17 June 2015 respectively. Modeling gig might've been occurring those times before signing up with Warner Bros.

So instead of the years of active being 2015, it should be changed into 2013-present. Link to Stay cover: 1

Cheers to the fall,

47.16.146.238 (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

 Not done per Wikipedia's policy of no original research. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 02:28, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

"Most streamed female album"

This is extremely strange wording. I don't understand how an album can be female. "Most streamed album by a woman artist" would surely be more correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:DC08:9000:488:95B6:1F16:5C5B (talk) 22:44, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2020

One Kiss is not the song that won Best Dance Recording at the Grammys. She won for Electricity with Silk City and Diplo. Iconmember (talk) 06:47, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. MadGuy7023 (talk) 10:55, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

What Happened to Her Modeling Career? Also Albanian-British Not English.

Before being just known as a singer/songwriter she had a brief modeling career which was formerly mentioned in the lead section of article page.

Unfortunately, it was completely undue and removed. The same happened to US actress Alicia Silverstone who was previously thought to be a model and environmentalist.

Is it a good idea to have her nationality being Albanian-British instead of English though she didn't originate from there. Fellow Warner Bros. artiste Bebe Rexha is an American born to Albanian parents. I repeat Albanian-British as in "Albanian-British singer songwriter and former model" for lead sentence.

Reply as soon as possible to this improvement.

Lights out,

67.81.163.178 (talk) 00:46, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 21:59, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Specfifically nationality and profession in leading sentence should be transposed from "English singer and songwriter" to "Albanian-British singer songwriter and former model" though she wasn't born as a native Albanian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.163.178 (talk) 22:30, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

As the hidden note in the lead section currently says, a person's ethnicity does not belong in the lead section per MOS:BLPLEAD, so "Albanian" should be omitted. Dua was born in England, so yes, she is English. I'm not sure about adding "former model" to the lead section. Personally I don't oppose it, but it's probably something that requires discussion. snapsnap (talk) 03:59, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
She was born in Britain, so she is British. - Metalello talk 17:11, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

English?

Why is she an English singer? She is British, but hardly English. 109.157.156.213 (talk) 00:46, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

I've had my edit to "British" reverted twice now. English is an ethnicity - you do not become English by being born on the island, any more than you become Chinese by being born there, or becoming Zulu by being born in South Africa. Her ethnicity is Albanian, her nationality is British, and I will keep making this edit until it sticks. Thank you. - Metalello talk 17:12, 28 March 2020 (UTC) 16:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
You don't get to "keep making this edit until it sticks" when you have no consensus. As Jjj1238 pointed out, "British individuals are referred to by their home country unless they prefer to self-identify as British." Countless notable people born in England are referred to as English across Wikipedia, why should this be a different case? By Wikipedia standard, English is a nationality – as per the English people article and Category:English people, which itself is a subcategory of Category:People by nationality within the United Kingdom. Plus, there are reliable sources describing Dua as English as well ([1][2][3]). snapsnap (talk) 19:05, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Overlap between 'advocacy' and 'political views'

There's overlap between these sections and it's not clear why, for example, speaking "in favor of abortion rights in the United States following the Alabama abortion ban" is "advocacy" while "dissatisfaction with the withdrawal of United Kingdom of the European Union due to Brexit" is a "political view", rather than both being political views or both being advocacy. I'm tempted to suggest merging the sections. Some of the content is general "advocacy" (e.g., "She has publicly denounced sexism within the music industry" is not "political"); OTOH, much of the "political views" section could also be considered advocacy (e.g. "stating that 'no refugee leaves their country without having to'" could be considered as much advocacy for refugees as a "political position"). Other ideas would be to try to implement a firmer distinction (e.g. moving the Alabama abortion ban thing into "political views"?), and/or put both sections as subsections of e.g. "Advocacy and political views" and then leave hard-to-sort or line-straddling content in the general section(?). Thoughts? -sche (talk) 18:01, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

@-sche: I was the user who added the content and it seems to me that the Lipa affair about abortion has more of an advocacy nature than a political point of view. About the specific content that you say should be considered advocacy: the main idea of ​​the content about immigration policies is that she did not agree and so I added the content in the political views section, her claims about refugees are simply a complement and not for that reason the content should be classified as advocacy. I do not see it correct to leave the content in the general section because that section is more for content specifically about her musical career. Alexismata7 (talk) 13:24, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Reason for exile of her parents

I bring this discussion from my talk page, which one user titled "edit wars".-- Alexismata7 (talk) 22:05, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi there. Please stick to the Wikipedia editing guidelines. If you do not like some change explained with arguments, your answer cannot be "to my knowledge. You cannot say someone is running from a war if war is not present there. Why Macedonians, or Montenegrins have not fled the country and they were as well in same area. You have one warning already Pixius talk 13:02, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

@Pixius: Edit wars? where was the edit wars? I tried to correct you. Of course I have to speak based on my knowledge because if I do not know about a subject I cannot comment or correct another person. Hostile messages such as "you have one warning already" do not help this project at all and how strange that someone with 10 years here does not know that. It makes me angry that you say that I tried to make his story more tragic when I think I tried to expand the early life section as neutral and well written as possible since English is not my native language, but to remove that thought I can tell you that the term refugees is used in references, to give you an example of one like Rolling Stone,[1] which says that Lipa is the "eldest child of refugees". Lipa family left that territory due to the conflicts that were already starting there in the 90s when Milošević became president,[2] his mandate had a great effect on the political and social situation which did not allow them to continue with their studies due to that the government damaged the education system and many people lost their jobs for political reasons when the Serbs arrived on the territory of Kosovo.[3] That's what I know and so I was able to make a correction to another user. If not, then you can argue why that family left Kosovo in 1992 when the war really started in 1998. It's okay, we can accommodate the term "refugees" to "immigrants". You cannot say that there were no conflicts in those countries, a war did not start at night in the morning by magic, everything has its background.

Why did I put that they were refugees from the Yugoslav Wars?

Well, because they did not leave Kosovo because of the war that began 6 years after they left, their departure was caused due to conflicts related to the Bosnian war, because they did not leave Kosovo with a present war it can be said that they are immigrants from the Yugoslav wars because they were not in one but their immigration was effectively caused by the Yugoslav conflicts and they resided in a territory involved. Anyway, Rolling Stone stated it.[1] --- Alexismata7 (talk) 13:36, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

I am going to be straight with you ( as I am this kind of person) because you are trying to slander me publicly and cherry pick what suits your case: You have been warned for your behaviour, not by me, and this is publicly available on your page, i.e. valid source. You keep bullying this page with your edits according to your "feels and knowledge" and not sources which can support this claim. I have already told you there is no need to romanticize her "hard social background" to give the article more weight.
Things that you have written here simply do not bear any valid argument. Why haven you published the complete conversation including the edits where I have already told you the reasons and corrected your "thinking process"? English not being your mother tongue is also irrelevant here - no need victimise your self. It does not matter that you are young as well - methods you are using, "covering your tracks" and trying to victimise your self are completely wrong and manipulative as well.
I have already told you that when something is called "British war" this talks about wars in British domain, with items happening near to each other, but not related to one another. Several events in one geographical area cannot lead to the conclusion you made. Then next point, Milosevic came to power in 1989 - taking your sources, and your attempt to pull some connection and causality to 1992. Btw, Bosnia declared independence in 1992. Separate state completely unrelated to Kosovo. Also, as I have wrote you, and you like "causes" - University of Pristina, the dean was Albanina. He has refused to enrol 130ish (136 if I remember) students of Serbian ethnicity qualified according to entrance exam - cause other Albaninas on the list would not be accepted. He got warned, then suspended and then fired. Other protested, did not take care of their job to teach students and did not show up at their jobs they got fired too. None of them was fired because e was Albanian, but because he breached working discipline. Here in west where I live, you have to provide proof of absence in 3 days, failing to do so, you bear consequences. So your claim that Mr. Lipa could not study ( he should thank to stubborn professors and government) does not qualify him as a war refuge. Try to use this argument as a cause to get entry to the US - good luck. And what do you mean "When Serbs arrived to Kosovo" when? in 6th century?
These 3 "sources" you have placed here do not show anything to support your claims.
1st article from Rolling stone 14th January 2021 - this is what author wrote - not what she or someone from her family said, made it more romantic or what ever he fells to write, freedom of expression he had there ( Why Anna Karenina's dress was burgundy red? - because LT has written it so ) - this is not valid source .
2nd source form link lands on page 12 title "Background", page consist of 7 bullet points, none of them even mentions war, page 13 mentions war in point 19 in Slovenia and Croatia - Kososvo and Metohija were not mentioned at all in any sense of war; page 14 Bosnian war, further on it starts with why the Assembly was dismissed - by illegal declaration of Kosovo as constitutive republic in SFRY. Why they started the protest, why they were suppressed, etc.. - this second source also not valid.
3rd source is there to fill the number. Page 323 from the link points to NATO campaign, not related to 1992 at all ( even-though NATO planned whole campaign in the beginning of 1990, the just need cause, which at the end they had to fabricate )

So I will repeat once again - valid sources, not personal impression on "Why Anna Karenina's dress was burgundy red"

And as creme on top - here is the article from the Guardian, i would say a bit more reliable source from 5th August 2018 which predates yours by 2,5 years:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/05/dua-lipa-father-organises-kosovo-music-festival
I think you can guess - no mention of refuge or war as a cause at all. Moreover they have written "left Kosovo" Pixius talk 20:25, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixius (talk • contribs) 20:26, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

@Pixius: This discussion should not have been so long because I already gave my explanations. I'm not trying to publicly sland you, I don't think it's fair for me that you go to my talk page and warning me about I don't know what and calling your message "edit wars" when there was never a war of nothing and I just reverted you just one time.

First of all multiple reverts of same item is not "one time" - every single time you have changed your excuse.

What kind of behavior am I having? I barely reverted you once and this is our first discussion. When did I tell you that English is not my mother tongue to make you say that I victimized myself? I do not continue bullying, I continue working on this article so that it has as much content as possible through references, does that seem bad to you?

So again, it as not once. Second, you are trying to get excused by stating that Eng is not your mother tongue. By your sentence construction i can say you have quite of Eng experience and you are able to understand the finesses and express yourself in fine details. Pixius talk 12:24, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

You're exaggerating, you mean I'm trying to give to the article a more tragic story just by adding the word "refugees" that I took from Rolling Stone,[1] it's funny. Okay, I made a mistake in choosing the word and you expressed your disagreement then I put "immigrants" and that is what this encyclopedia is about, working together and reach consensus in case of disagreement. Wow, according to you I do not have sources to support my claims but then when I provide you with references you say that they are invalid simply because you do not agree? You cannot disqualify a source just because you did not like what the author wrote or you are not in their analysis, it is still a reliable source for Wikipedia.

he said she said is not a valid point to take something for a source. this is sopaboxing you are trying to do here and it is against the rules. It is not that i do not agree, it is against the rules.Pixius talk 12:24, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

That is not how things works here. I did not write that Dukagjin Lipa (Dua Lipa's father) could not study, I wrote that he could not continue her studies and had to travel to Bosnia.[4] He continued his studies in England and his wife also. Dua Lipa's statement in an interview in November 2016 that demonstrate Kosovo situation was a cause: There was just too much conflict, my parents wanted to finish their studies so they decided to move to London (now say it's not valid).[5] As I told you before, they had to leave that place due to the situation that existed at that time. And in case you say they left just because yes, I don't think that a Kosovo Albanian couple leaved their studies in their homeland to go to work in an unknown country to work as waiters in bars and restaurants. In my opinion it should be noted that they are immigrants from the Bosnian war, because that was the last place they were before traveling to London and also Dua Lipa confirmed that he traveled to London to continue his studies again.[6]

this is simply not true, read the article once again: "Lipa explains that her parents left Kosovo around the time the war in Sarajevo started. "My grandmother on my mum’s side is from Bosnia," she says. "I think because of that my parents moved. "There was just too much conflict, my parents wanted to finish their studies so they decided to move to London.”" How he hell have you concluded that they run away from Bosnia??? They were not even there...Pixius talk 12:24, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

And finally, I ask you to contribute positively to this and to stop addressing me with issues that have nothing to do with this discussion and accusing me of "covering tracks" when the least I have done is to revert you an edit. -- Alexismata7 (talk) 22:15, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ a b c Duke, Adisa (14 January 2021). "'The First Time' With Dua Lipa". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ Klip, André; Sluiter, Göran (2001). The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 1997–1999. Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals. Vol. 3. p. 12. ISBN 978-90-5095-141-8.
  3. ^ Krieger, Heike (2001). The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation 1974–1999. Cambridge University Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-521-80071-6. Retrieved 2009-04-19.

The New York Times and The Guardian as inaccurate sources

I would like someone to read NYT blabbering about Mr. Lipa history and writings here at the page. According to Mr. Lipa, he moved from University of Pristina, because there was no teaching in Albanian, to the University of Sarajevo which does not even offer Albanian as a language. This simply contradicts one another, it is not true and cannot be taken as reliable source -> NYT coverage of music festival in Kosovo

Second The Guardian article: As Miss Lipa tells it: “Once the Serbians came in, they wanted a lot of the historians to rewrite the history of Kosovo. To change it – that Kosovo was always part of Serbia and never part of Yugoslavia. And my grandfather was one of those people who wouldn’t, so he lost his job, because he didn’t want to write a history that he didn’t believe to be true.”

Prof. Dr. Seit Lipa, her grandfather was a chairman of Institute of history in Pristina from 1990 - 1995. So question here is about what kind of oppression we are talking about when he was a chairman of an official body founded and funded by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in the same time he was pressed to "change history".
Second to that, he also wrote a book in 1982 while employed in same Institute of History "Kosovo in the period of reconstruction-Kosova në periudhën e rindërtimit". Unfortunately I do not have a book, but judging by the title I assume it covers the period from 1945 to ~1980 (nearly all books with such title in communist Yugoslavia had same topic).
Third, Miss Lipa stated that he was fired from his job: Now, I could not find his date of birth, but judging from a photo (posted by Miss Lipa on social network) of him and another notable Albanian (grandfather of Rita Ora, also employed in government related institution ) born at 1935, and a fact that statutory retirement was at age of 60, in 1995 he has got legal grounds to be retired.
Another thing in the same article: Serbians came from where? To rewrite which history? Kosovo was integral part of Serbia, Serbia was integral part of Yugoslavia. This is a geopolitical fact. There is nothing to discuss there, especially what Dua Lipa says ( born in other country - UK ). When some historian write nonsense, you cannot take his writing as serious even if he is your grandfather. Also referring to those articles where Mr Lipa says that he insisted of upbringing his children in feeling strong national pride and taking into account the recent stir of chauvinistic outburst of Dua Lipa on the social networks we should take every single sentence with, not a grain, but a ton of salt. More over, she was 4 in 1999 when her grandfather passed away, i really don't think that he was telling her about his job.

Then again again unreliable source

"This article was amended on 3 and 7 April 2020. Dua Lipa’s debut single was New Love, not Hotter Than Hell as an earlier version said. This article was further amended because Lipa’s parents are both Kosovar-Albanian, not Kosovan and Bosnian as previously stated. This has been corrected."

Some editors just take the first item coming under their hands and write whatever stands there - first few references are coming from the same publisher with same BS, and what is more funnier, all over the web you can see the same text, somewhere translated, somewhere in original, saying the same thing that her mother was Bosnian...

As a conclusion, these articles cannot be taken as reliable sources as they are written with a strong bias from the start and interpreted by the authors of the articles. Even the protagonist, Dua Lipa, is changing the story from article to article (or authors have different inspiration at the moment)

I would also like to pop here another source of Unesco here https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000136152 page 44

"...Indeed, the harassment that Albanians regularly refer to tookplace in a situation that Judah described as “both dull and bizarre,” where police repression was constant, but Rugova drove around Pristina in a presidential Audi” (2000: 73). One international official noted how “the Serbs let the parallel system exist – they intimidated people, but didn’t destroy the system.” It is in this context that Serb and Albanian perspectives can both be seen as accurate...."

So it seams that at the end Mr. Lipa could study in Albanian, bit he did not wanted to....

Whom to believe lies in the bias of authors writing this Wikipedia article

Pixius talk 21:44, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Signing date with Warner Bros. Records

Well, I open this discussion so that whoever reads it gives me the time to advise me on what I should do in this case. What happens is that according to what I have investigated Dua Lipa signed her contract in 2014 with Warner Bros. Records, which Warner Music Group affirmed in 2017 saying that she signed in 2014 and so did Music Week whose source explains that Lipa signed in 2014 and said source also states that in 2017 the A&R Director of Warner said that it has been a 3-year campaign with Lipa. Then the matter begins when Music Business Worldwide claims that she signed the contract in summer 2015 and Evening Standard also claims she signed in 2015. I think this is an important issue to discuss for the article because for a long time it has been written in the lead section that she signed a contract in 2015 when in fact I find contradictions from different sources.

Everyone who is mentioned or not here is invited to give their opinion @LOVI33: @Lil-unique1: @JackReynoldsADogOwner: @HĐ: @Sergecross73: @MaranoFan: @Ashleyyoursmile: @Doggy54321: @Mediafanatic17: @Calidum: @Yaksar: @Tbhotch: @Nohomersryan: @Sricsi: @Happypillsjr: @BrandNew Jim Zhang: @Duaslovestory: @KHBritish: @Coolmarc: @Status: @RedMango9: @The Ultimate Boss: @Maudslayer: -- Alexismata7 (talk) 04:42, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Support 2014 based on the words of the record label themselves. ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 10:35, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
Yeah, I also support 2014 as we have multiple sources. D💘ggy54321 (xoxo😘) 11:35, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
I support 2014 since we have multiple sources that are both reliable and conformational! Jack Reynolds (talk to me!) (email me!!) 13:20, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
  • I'm fine with using the label for the 2014 date. While we try to go off of third party accounts on Wikipedia, the truth is that this claim is not particularly self-serving or promotional, so there's no issue with going with the primary source in this instance. It would be different if we were trying to source the statement "Dua Lipa is the most inventive and dynamic artist of 2014" or something promotional and subjective like that. The label would have a vested interest in pushing something like that. But not here. Here, the label would be the authority of knowing when she signed a contract better than anyone else really. Sergecross73 msg me 14:28, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Several sentences in the article's 'Early life' section are awkward, cumbersome, hard-to-follow, etc.

2/17/21:

I've selected three (current) examples of problematic sentences (marked with quotation marks), below. Three possible improvements are then offered for consideration (marked with brackets). I've tried not to alter the meaning or content of the original sentences. Thanks for considering:

(#1:) (Current entry:) "Her time in Kosovo was decisive in determining that the small scope of the music industry that Kosovo had did not satisfy the type of music career that she wanted to start and she did not feel possibilities of being able to launch music there, because she wanted to have her musical beginnings in a "global scale" and therefore she decided travel to London."

{Suggested replacement:) Her time in Kosovo helped Lipa determine that its smaller music industry might not match the type of music career that she wanted to start. She hoped for music career beginnings on more of a "global scale", and therefore decided to move back to London.}

(#2:) (Current entry:) "Her desire to return to London was made possible by the daughter of her parents' acquaintances, who was going to the English capital to do her master's degree, which made them feel more confident to let her go without their company."

{(Suggested replacement:) Lipa's parents felt more confident to allow her return to London without them when a daughter of one of their acquaintances also intended to move to the city to complete her master's degree.}

(#3:) (Current entry:)"Even though her intention was not to become a model, she got involved with Topshop considering "that could help her get out there", which would later cause her to sign with a modeling agency, whose agency landed her a role as a "singer" in an television advertisement for The X Factor in 2013.[11][39] Her participation in said role introduced her to a producer who at the time worked with One Direction and Ed Sheeran, which led her to obtain an offer for a publishing contract. Therefore, to assume the signing of the contract, she had to get a lawyer who introduced her to a Warner Bros manager and then Lana Del Rey's representative, Ben Mawson."[3]

{(Suggested replacement:) Though Lipa did not intend to become a model she nonetheless got involved with Topshop (Ed. note: British fashion retailer -- probably needs a footnote at least for reference), hoping "that could help her get out there". She signed with a modeling agency, helping her land a role as a "singer" in an television advertisement for The X Factor in 2013.[11][39] That role introduced her to a producer who at the time worked with One Direction and Ed Sheeran, which led to an offer for a publishing contract. She needed to get a lawyer for signing of the contract who in turn introduced her to Ben Mawson, a Warner Brothers manager and Lana Del Rey's representative at the time.[3]}

2Givemore (talk) 20:35, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello, @2Givemore: I was the user who expanded that section and I took into account your corrections because I do not speak English and my native language is Spanish, therefore your advice can help. I ask you (if you have the time) to review the "Advocacy" and "Philanthropy" sections which are the ones I have expanded the most so far to see if there may be more sentences or errors to correct. Thanks for your suggestions. Alexismata7 (talk) 00:19, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

OK @Alexismata7: I will take a look at the sections you have mentioned very soon. I had suspected that the other section might not have been written by a native English speaker, though it mainly seems to need some smoothing-out or re-wording just 'here and there'. So I think you're doing a good job with the English writing. I'll leave a few more suggestions in this thread soon. 2Givemore (talk) 19:10, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


2/20/21: @Alexismata7: As requested I'm offering some English writing suggestions/changes for the first two paragraphs under the article's "Advocacy" section. They follow below, with the edited/changed paragraphs marked in brackets. Please note: I'm not an expert on Dua Lipa and am (therefore) not generally able to validate the content or the accuracy of the material that I've reviewed. That part is going to have to be up to you and other editors. As best as I can I have tried not to alter the overall meaning of the sentences that I have reviewed. If you use/submit these suggested changes you may want to make sure that I have not inadvertently altered any content (via the edits):

(↓Advocacy section, first two paragraphs:)

(#1, as currently written:) "Together with her father Dukagjin, she co-created the Sunny Hill Foundation in 2016 to raise funds to help people with financial difficulties in Kosovo, and in August 2018, she organised a festival to raise money for the Sunny Hill Foundation, called the Sunny Hill Festival. Former Pristina Mayor, Shpend Ahmeti, awarded her the Pristina Key, the first time one had been awarded.[147] She hosted the festival for the second year in a row in 2019, with Miley Cyrus part of the performer line-up.[148] In mid-November 2018, she was part of a campaign organised by UNICEF called "Go Blue" in support of children's rights on the occasion of World Children's Day on 20 November.[149] The action consisted of a short video that was about dressing in blue or displaying the colour blue, in which Lipa is in a studio re-recording the lyrics of her song, "Be the One" (2015), and changes the word "red" to "blue" in the song.[150][151] In December 2018, she participated in a benefit concert for the Ellie Goulding's 5th "Streets of London" annual charity event at the Wembley Arena which "funds specialist support for people who are homeless in London and raises awareness about homelessness."[152][153]"

{(Suggested writing changes:) Together with her father Dukagjin, Dua Lipa co-created the Sunny Hill Foundation in 2016 to raise funds to help people in Kosovo experiencing financial difficulties. In August 2018 she organised a festival to raise money for that Foundation, called the Sunny Hill Festival. Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti at the time awarded her the Pristina Key, the first time one had been awarded.[147] Lipa went on to host the festival for the second year in 2019, with Miley Cyrus included as part of the performer line-up.[148] In mid-November 2018 Lipa was part of a campaign organised by UNICEF called "Go Blue" in support of children's rights, on the occasion of World Children's Day (20 November).[149] Her contribution consisted of a short video about dressing in blue or displaying the colour blue, with Lipa in a studio re-recording the lyrics of her song "Be the One" (2015). The artist changed the word "red" to "blue" in the song for the occasion.[150][151] In December 2018 Lipa participated in a benefit concert for the Ellie Goulding's "Streets of London" annual charity event at Wembley Arena, which "funds specialist support for people who are homeless in London and raises awareness about homelessness."[152][153]"}


(Paragraph #2, as currently written..:) "On 13 April 2019, she became a UNICEF supporter on a three-day visit to a camp for refugee children and youth in Beirut, Lebanon that is supported by the said humanitarian agency; including many uprooted by the conflict in Syria.[154] She supported a campaign by her management company with a plan to raise £ 100,000 to help and raise awareness of charities such as The Black Dog and CALM,[155] in the abide she asked for a better mental health care for artists in creative industries in which she was "shocked" to read a statistic that indicates "suicide rates amongst women working in the arts are almost 70% higher than in the world population," then she qualified mental health as the "issue of our generation."[156] On 26 November 2019, following the 2019 Albania earthquake, Lipa asked fans for support and donations to the affected victims.[157][158] In collaboration with Albanian fashion designers, she co-released a limited edition line of t-shirts called "Pray for Albania" to raise funds where all proceeds went to families and victims affected by the seismicity.[159][160]"

{(Suggested writing changes:) In April 2019 Lipa became a UNICEF supporter during a three-day visit to a camp for refugee children and youth in Beirut, Lebanon, supported by the humanitarian agency. The camp included many uprooted by the conflict in Syria [154]. She subsequently supported a campaign by her management company with a plan to raise £ 100,000 to help raise awareness of charities such as The Black Dog and CALM.[155] She asked for a better mental health care for artists in creative industries, as she was "shocked" to read that "suicide rates amongst women working in the arts are almost 70% higher than in the world population". Lipa described mental health as the "issue of our generation".[156] On 26 November 2019, following the 2019 Albania earthquake, Lipa asked fans for donations and support for victims.[157][158] To raise funds she co-released a limited edition line of t-shirts called "Pray for Albania" in collaboration with Albanian fashion designers. All proceeds went to families and victims affected by the seismic event.[159][160]}

2Givemore (talk) 05:02, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

@2Givemore: I've already made the changes. If you consider that there are still necessary corrections, I am available to read you. Thanks. Alexismata7 (talk) 23:05, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Wrong word ("difamed")

The word "difamed" on the article is spelled wrong, and even if the spelling was corrected, it would still be the wrong word to use. Probably "complained about" would be better... AnonMoos (talk) 17:39, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@AnonMoos: I was the user who placed the word, I already made the correction. Thanks for the suggestion. If you have more suggestions to give, I am here to read you. Alexismata7 (talk) 17:54, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Separate Section Content

I was reading over Dua Lipa's page (I love her music, FYI) and I was reading the section Political views and controversies and it is well written, yet it has a lot in there. At times, I get confused with the politics and the controversies thinking that both of them relate to one another (some do; some don't.) So, I was wondering if there's a section just about Dua Lipa's political views, while another section just for controversies. If that can be done, please let me know! To respond back to me, please use the {{ping}} template so I can be notified. Thx! Jack Reynolds (talk to me!) (email me!!) 18:09, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@JackReynoldsADogOwner: Hello, I was the user who expanded that section. When I gave myself the task of expanding, I had found the section with that name and well, I just left it as it was and I added content. From what you say, it is logical and I will give myself the task of separating the two topics into sections. Alexismata7 (talk) 20:06, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@Alexismata7: Awesome! Let me know if I can help you! Jack Reynolds (talk to me!) (email me!!) 12:10, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

@Alexismata7: I always thought this section was a bit off especially since i do not understand why Dua Lipa's Wikipedia Page has a section for this but other similar celebrities with much a bigger amount and generally more high-profile controversies like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift do not have a section for these on theirs. I don't think Dua Lipa is more controversial to grant an entire section that is longer than the chapters for each album under the career section. Nellyiloveyou (talk) 12:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

This whole page has an excessive amount of details that are totally unimportant and a lot of them unencyclopedic as well. Dua Lipa has a career span of 6 years, yet her page looks like she had been part of the music world for 20 years. Her videography section is everything except videography (plus most of the sources used there are unreliable); performances on award/TV shows are not videography. Videography includes music videos and/or movie/TV show appearances. There is no need for anything to be a separate article, but this article requires substantial trimming. I would do it, but Alexismata7 keeps reverting and edit warring with me, so I have decided not to do anything, except tag the article. But at this moment, the article's shape is pretty bad I would say. — Tom(T2ME) 14:52, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

@Nellyiloveyou: You're right. But I was tasked with posting some controversies linked to her that had enough media coverage to be encyclopedic. I think that Dua Lipa is no more controversial than the celebrities you mentioned, but remember that we are in 2021 and technology has advanced a lot, any small event is already on the internet today. Surely Swift had her controversies in her early days but that's old news. Swift's first album was in 2006, and it is very difficult for someone to get news from 2006 as there must be a lot of dead links, same with Gaga. To that we add that when Swift released that album, Wikipedia was 5 years old and surely there were not enough Wikipedians to cover all the information that occurred in those years. In my particular case, I am lucky that Lipa is a relatively new artist and that anything related to her since 2015 (when she started). You can see how Swift's article was in 2006 and how little information it had. Alexismata7 (talk) 15:43, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Well, Tomica, I feel sorry for you. If Lipa has a lot of content with such a short career it's none of my business, I just make my contribution to the encyclopedia by adding content from community-approved sources that have enough media coverage to be encyclopedic. I agree that the videography section should be deleted. The point is that you cannot delete the content that I added in the "Political views and controversies" section because it is supported by references from reliable sources. If someone considers that the content is excessive, then you have to create a particular article for the topic. I would understand the matter only if the section was crammed with information without references or from unreliable sources. If I'm wrong and some Wikipedia policy approves deletion of content I posted ... that someone show it to me, please. Alexismata7 (talk) 16:03, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

You do not need to feel sorry for me. Actually, that is not true. Even if a statement is sourced, people can still delete content because a content might not be reliable or unencyclopedic per WP:FART. And this article has a bunch of material reading like that. I am not saying that sections should be removed, but they should definitely be trimmed and fluff material should be deleted. I will say again, at this point the article is in really bad shape, regardless of having so much fluff content. For example, take a look at the Katy Perry bio article. (which is a featured article btw, one of the best on Wiki). Perry has had a bigger career than Dua's and more endeavors than her, however, her bio page has fewer kilobytes than Dua's. So I hope you get my point now. — Tom(T2ME) 16:18, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Although I still insist that artists like Katy Perry do not have such an extensive article because Wikipedia was young at the beginning of her career and I assume that there would be a lot of information missed (specifically the controversies) by many of the Wikipedians who have worked on her article for years, because I repeat: she could have had many controversies, but the detail is that Perry started in music in the same year that this encyclopedia was founded, that someone does not miss some information since 2001 for the amount of dead links that must be there is impossible but I understand your point. Therefore, I ask you to point out what content in the article is not notable in order to improve the article. Alexismata7 (talk) 17:09, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

There is no reason why the early life section should have so much detail. This is an encyclopedia, not a coffee table book. 50 kb of readable prose is considered the maximum for reader attention span, but this article has 51 kb, and it's a pop culture topic, not the Universe or Evolution. Pop culture topics should not have so much text. This article needs a serious pruning job. Relevant policies include WP:BALANCE and WP:WEIGHT for the fact that there's less here about her music career, and WP:Article size for, yeah, article size. Binksternet (talk) 18:27, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Totally agree with Binkesternet here. Also, who runs her Twitter profile, what movie she likes, what sport she practices, or what magazine cover she was featured on? How is that encyclopedic or relevant? I do not really have the time right now, but substantial trimming is required. Also, Katy Perry is a featured article, but it became featured only recently, meaning someone worked hard on it and no, there are no dead links at all. So when an artist had started its career does not have any correlation with its Wikipedia article. — Tom(T2ME) 06:58, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

@Alexismata7: I do not think that the starting point of someone's career should impact their wikipedia entry to the extend that it would warrant the omission of an entire section or in the case of Dua Lipa warrant the existence of such section. Additionally Taylor Swift's controversies were not limited to her debut years but extended far beyond that, some of the controversies which had a much bigger extend happened just before and after Dua Lipa launched her career so sources should be easy to find for those. I think Dua Lipa's wikipedia article should not be held to a different standard just because she debuted before or after a specific time frame thus making her page have extensive coverage of controversies of miniscule proportions when similar pages do not have these sort of subcategories. Nellyiloveyou (talk) 12:56, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

To clarify, I agree to shorten the article but first we must point out which parts are not encyclopedic and no one has told me anything.

First: the text about who manages her Twitter account is because it is well explained in the article that she does not use social media much because it had a negative impact on her mental health and that clearly deserves to be in the "Personal life" section.

Second: if you read the reading well, there is a section called "Activism and advocacy" which are two different but similar concepts and that is why I made them a section, in this section there are texts where Lipa suggests her social media followers to watch certain films so that they can be In this way, they find out about the Srebrenica genocide and there applies the concept of advocacy where Lipa used her influence to favor a cinematographic production.

Third: Wikipedia takes as relevance to yoga as exercise and that detail is relevant in the "Personal life" section.

Fourth: I don't understand how it can't be relevant to appear on a magazine cover if Wikipedia has a particular article on what it's like to be a cover girl. Alexismata7 (talk) 15:05, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

@Tomica: @Nellyiloveyou: I do not know if I am being objective or incorrectly defending the content that I placed. The truth is that I have not finished expanding the article yet and therefore when I finish, I myself will request a Review of the article. Binksternet is right, there is more external affairs content than her own career, I fully assume. But I ask that you give me time to finish. Alexismata7 (talk) 15:19, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

With this version, the combined pruning efforts of HĐ, Tomica and myself have reduced the article to 65% of what it was. The readable prose is under 40 kb now. We can continue to trim the article, but it's no longer horribly bloated. Binksternet (talk) 17:15, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

@Binksternet: I will not evade the rules. I do not agree with the removal of the content of the "Fashion" section. I consider that it was a completely arbitrary act, because all the information is supported with references from reliable sources and therefore it complies with WP:RELIABLE and WP:INDEPENDENT, this is not a forum for someone to come and comment "this does not seem relevant to me and it is pure fluff" and the content ends up deleted. The content is fully WP:VERIFY compliant. Therefore, as it seems that here the relevance is defined to anyone's taste. I will restore the content after the 24 hour period. Alexismata7 (talk) 22:19, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Nobody here is challenging the material based on WP:V. Rather, the issue is WP:NPOV, with the article pushed out of balance by too much peripheral information. Binksternet (talk) 22:23, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs has an RFC

Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs has an RFC for the use of radio station/networks' playlists being cited in articles. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Heartfox (talk) 23:59, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Future Nostalgia has an RFC

Talk:Future Nostalgia has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. D🐶ggy54321 (let's chat!) 02:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

A request to change the main picture

Hello There,

I want the main picture to change, I think it might be better if we pick a better image of her. I believe that this could be a good alternative: https://coolbites.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Dua-Lipa-1-400x360.jpg, Or if you are looking for a newer and a more recent picture of her, This is a good option: https://www.boldsky.com/img/2021/03/x2-1615887789.jpg.pagespeed.ic.oTeE2eA2M5.jpg

ps: This is the original picture that needs changing: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Dua_Lipa_2021_interview_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Dua_Lipa_2021_interview_%28cropped%29.jpg

Cheers, Abi Abi 760 (talk) 15:49, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Those images do not fit the criteria to get uploaded to Commons. This current image is taken from a video that is CC licensed, which meets the criteria. If there's a free licensed image that looks better and is from 2021, we can replace it. See this.--Vacant0 (talk) 16:42, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Abi760: @Vacant0 Does this fit the criteria?: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOzKHU9Nd7NX00rJdHXiw0ddmkTe-Pt1EvsQ&usqp=CAU

Please read the criteria here. --Vacant0 (talk) 17:18, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2021

Change their pronouns to they/them throughout the article instead of she/her ADazy7 (talk) 03:29, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Their pronouns are incorrect throughout the entire article and should be changed ADazy7 (talk) 03:30, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

@ADazy7:  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. (I am not watching this page, so please ping me if you want my attention.)   melecie   t 05:10, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 July 2021

88.72.22.105 (talk) 08:17, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Dua Lipa ist ein deutsch-syrisches lesbisches Paar. Jakoba und Rwaida wohnen in Berlin und feiern heute ihre 29-jährige Beziehung. Die Party ist privat, Tickets gibt's für geladene Gäste im Maxim Gorki Theater.

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:42, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Dua Means Prayer in Arabic

Can someone please point out that her first name 'Dua', means prayer in Arabic. For example, "I'll say a prayer for you" is the same as "I'll say a dua for you". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.187.143.18 (talk) 08:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Our . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.89.158.171 (talk) 18:03, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Or does it mean "love" in Albanian? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dua#Albanian
Whatever the case, please add the information of what her given name means to the article. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 14:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes it does in Arabic but you should check what it means in Albanian before making any further comments Gladiator.AL (talk) 22:02, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Ethnic accuracy

Dua Lipa is British Albanian, NOT English! Please correct! Bil4lyn (talk) 10:41, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. The article states that both of her parents are Albanian refugees in London, Albanian is her first language, later they moved back to Albania, and Dua Lipa attended school there, so it makes sense to call her British Albanian. Also, this article List of British Albanians lists her as British Albanian. Karbulot (talk) 17:55, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

But how can you say she’s an English singer, she is British but will never be English, will she? Gladiator.AL (talk) 22:04, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2021

Her Bosnian descent part was removed. She has stated in interviews that on her maternal side (grandmother) is Bosnian. Why was this removed? 149.167.145.178 (talk) 05:42, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:24, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


Via theguardian

Her mother, Anesa, was born to a Kosovan father and a Bosnian mother. In the 90s, war came first to Bosnia, where Anesa’s mother lived - Dua Lipa: ‘Pop has to be fun. You can’t get upset about every little thing’

Via france24news

Dua was born in London and is the oldest of Kosovar Albanian parents Anesa, née Rexha and Dukagjin of Pristina, FR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo). On the side of her maternal grandmother, she is of Bosnian origin.

Via dailymail.co.uk

Born in London in 1995, Dua is the eldest daughter of Dukagjin Lipa and his wife, (Anesa, who is of Bosnian and Kosovan descent.)

Please do your research and fix this mistake. It was removed for some odd reason. These are two very reliable sources. It is well known that her grandmother was Bosnian, furthermore her mothers name is Anesa which is a very common female name in Bosnia.

Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2021

change her age from 25 to 26. it’s her birthday today. Dualipastan25 (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

it’s her birthday. Dualipastan25 (talk) 23:02, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

it’s her birthday. Dualipastan25 (talk) 23:02, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

 Already done Her age should update automatically via template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:21, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Bosnian ancestry removed?

Why was her Bosnian ancestry info removed? Numerous sources stating that her maternal grandmother was Bosnian.


Please add the information that she is now an actress. The info should be changed to this: “Dua Lipa (/ˈduːə ˈliːpə/; Albanian: [ˈdua ˈlipa]; born 22 August 1995) is an English singer-songwriter & actress.”

Source: “https://deadline.com/2021/07/henry-cavill-sam-rockwell-dua-lipa-bryan-cranston-samuel-jackson-john-cena-bruce-dallas-howard-new-movie-argylle-1234788568/“ 109.96.147.6 (talk) 14:11, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Being in one upcoming movie does not make it WP:DUE for the lead. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:19, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 May 2021

I would like to replace "is an English singer and songwriter" with "is an English-Kosovar Albanian singer and songwriter". David Gonxhja (talk) 16:27, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

The current lead is correct. She is an English singer. Her roots are described in the following section. This addition is unnecessary, and doesn’t add value to the article. Ferkjl (talk) 20:03, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
But she isn't English. She's British Albanian. 2A02:A31C:8439:B380:E0C6:B8D0:7A76:EBAA (talk) 23:04, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Pronouns

Day lipa’s pronouns are they/them, but the article uses she/her ADazy7 (talk) 03:27, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Uhh, do you have source on that? I'm pretty sure she uses she/her 2A02:A31C:8439:B380:58A9:44BC:F314:4A26 (talk) 22:33, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Based on the timing, I have a feeling they were thinking of Demi Lovato's then-recent announcement. 198.52.130.137 (talk) 09:17, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
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